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Digging Leg Morphology

"Digiting Leg Morphology" is a specialized morphological construct in arthropod biomechanics that characterizes the structural and functional adaptations of insect legs specifically evolved for subsurface excavation, distinguishing it from general leg morphologies by its diagnostic features such as enlarged coxae, reinforced tibiae, and sclerotized apical spurs optimized for soil displacement.

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Citations

18

Authors

9

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Fossorial Leg Morphology

Parents

Publications

7

Asymmetry of Leg Use During Prey Handling in the Spider Scytodes globula (Scytodidae)

César Ades, Eduardo Novaes Ramires · Journal of Insect Behavior · 2002 · 105 citations

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Morphological constraints in the digging apparatus of pocket gophers (Mammalia: Geomyidae)

Enrique P. Lessa, Barbara R. Stein · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1992 · 57 citations

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Morphofunctional study of the digging system of the Namib Desert Golden mole (Eremitalpa granti namibensis): cinefluorographical and anatomical analysis

Jean‐Pierre Gasc, F. K. Jouffroy, Sabine Renous et al. · Journal of Zoology · 1986 · 51 citations

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The origins of novelty from within the confines of homology: the developmental evolution of the digging tibia of dung beetles

David M. Linz, Yonggang Hu, Armin P. Moczek · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2019 · 35 citations · Full text

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Sticking/climbing ability and morphology studies of the toe pads of Chinese fire belly newt

Shuai Wang, Meng Li, Wei Huang et al. · Journal of Bionic Engineering · 2016 · 27 citations

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Authors

18

  1. DM
    David M. Linz

    Miami University, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  2. VC
    Valentina Castro‐Huertas

    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. BR
    Barbara R. Stein

    Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, United States

    1 publications · 57 citations

    1

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  4. EP
    Enrique P. Lessa

    Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay

    1 publications · 57 citations

    1

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  5. SR
    Sabine Renous

    Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

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Institutions

9

  1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    153 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    153 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  5. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  6. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

    Nanjing, China

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    108 citations

  7. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  8. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

    Bogotá, Colombia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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  2. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  3. Journal of Zoology

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

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  4. Journal of Bionic Engineering

    1 publications · 27 citations

    1

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  5. American Entomologist

    1 publications · 26 citations

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